E134 - X-Gender, Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy discuss a pair of autobiographical essay manga from non-binary authors and find a lot to discuss and contrast between their very different approaches.

Series Discussed: X-Gender Vol. 1, Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist Vol. 1

Assignments for next Episode: Series Discussed: The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses Vol. 1, Marmalade Boy: Collector's Edition Vol. 1

TIMECODES:
0:01:45 - 301 Redirects!  
0:02:30 - Elliot’s Pick: X-Gender 
0:03:00 - Apologies up front
0:05:30 - “The Tyranny of Classification” 
0:10:45 - “Warts and All” 
0:16:45 - Personality Conflict 
0:22:15 - “All Heads” 
0:28:00 - The “Essay Manga Ouroborus Moment” 
0:29:00 - Andy’s Pick: Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist
0:33:15 - Relatable, Even Without Direct Comparison 
0:38:00 - Running Around in Your Own Head
0:42:00 - Uncle Elliot Stories 
0:44:15 - #MeToo 
0:49:15 - Jigsaw Puzzle  
0:57:30 - Horror Flashbacks 
1:00:00 - “Parasocial Manga”
1:00:30 - Our Picks for Next Episode! 
1:02:15 - Closedown

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The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.